Stories from Monday, July 22, 2013

Esther 'Nancy' Meins Jan. 24, 1948 - July 19, 2013 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Esther "Nancy" Meins, 65, of North Platte, died Friday (July 19, 2013), at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born Jan. 24, 1948, at Kearney, Nebraska, to LeRoy Melvin and Darlene Velma Tolle DeVall. ...

Emma L. Sattler ATWOOD, Kansas -- Emma L. Sattler, 78, of Atwood, Kansas, died Sunday (July 21, 2013), at Atwood Good Samaritan Center in Atwood. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Leonard W. Gipe, Sr. Oct. 8, 1920 - July 18,2013 BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Leonard W. Gipe, Sr. age 93, passed away at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, on Thursday, July 18, 2013. Leonard was born Oct. 8, 1920, to Alphia and Katherine (Park) Gipe in Alma, Nebraska. He married Elsie Conley on July 27, 1940, in a Christian church in Norton, Kansas. To this union six children were born and became a very close and loving family...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The exact cause of the fire that destroyed a popular McCook, Nebraska, restaurant and threatened nearby businesses Saturday night and Sunday morning probably won't be determined until insurance companies complete their investigations of the fire...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Linda Thayer's first reaction was that yes, they'd rebuild. "Ask Linda, she'll tell you, yes, we're gonna rebuild," Val Fuller said late morning Sunday, as he and Linda stood across the alley from the scorched remains of Val's "Fuller's Family Restaurant" at 218 West B in downtown McCook, Nebraska. Val wasn't quite so optimistic...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The annual Salvation Army Backpack Give-Away will be 3 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, at the McCook Christian Church, 507 West B. The Salvation Army will partner with the McCook Community Foundation, local churches and volunteers to make sure children have needed school supplies...

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. That isn't entirely true; judging from the response to the fire at Fuller's Family Restaurant, the route is the same no matter the gender. Hundreds of people lined B Street Saturday night to watch the blaze, but many of them came back Sunday afternoon to help Val Fuller and Linda Thayer in any way they could, specifically carefully wrapping and packing away as many of the 3,800 cookie jars in Linda's collection that survived the conflagration.. ...

Recently we took note of the McCook Trumpet account of a gruesome murder in Frontier County in 1884. It would seem to be in keeping to take a look at that murder in a bit more detail. One of the principal players in the story was the presiding Judge in that case, Judge William H. Allen, the Frontier County Judge, the ancestor of at least two current, prominent Red Willow County citizens, Michelle (Mrs. Tim) Lytle, and Patsy Lee Redfern...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- It's the last official games of their respective high school careers for a pair of former area prep roundball standouts. The two good friends will be teammates in the 2013 Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) All-Star Basketball Games Monday, July 22. Cody Wudtke of McCook and Lucas Gleisberg of Medicine Valley will be members of the Red Team in the 45th annual boys state all-star contest...

HOLDREGE, Neb. -- Many of the players on the McCook National Bank Seniors Legion baseball team probably aren't too familiar with New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra. But after Sunday's improbable comeback victory in the Class B Area 6 Seniors Tournament, the MNB Seniors will likely quote one of Berra's infamous lines...

Tate Lueth and Alexis Wood are among the 4-H'ers competing in the 2013 Frontier County Fair beef show in Stockville, Nebraska, Friday morning. Alexis showed her critter in the crossbred market steer division. With his shorthorns, Lueth won purple ribbons and grand champion breeding heifer honors. Rob Eirich, ag enstructor and livestock judging coach at Eastern Wyoming College, served as judge...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The popular prosperity message preached from some pulpits has been construed by many as a prayer for riches and fortune. That's not really the case, say the new co-pastors at McCook Harvest Church, David and Joanne Wilson. The Lord wants people to be a success in every area of life, the Wilson's believe, to "live life and live it abundantly," as Scripture says. But the prosperity message is relative, stressed Joanne...

Dear Friend, INTRO Many people have dreams and they try to interpret those dreams and thereby derive some sort of meaning from their dream. There were many dreams recorded in the Bible and visions as well and God Himself was the One who gave the dream or vision and also provided an accurate interpretation to the dream or vision. ...

For the last several months I have been keeping a regular appointment with an oncologist. I'm not the one receiving care, however. My friend has lung cancer, and I have been accompanying her as she receives weekly doses of chemotherapy. These cancer treatments are administered in an "infusion laboratory." If you have never been in one, and I hope you never have the occasion, they are all fairly uniform in design and purpose. ...

We live in a world filled with bad news. We hear of terrible things happening in our world each and every day. It would be easy to get down about this and become depressed, but there is Good News that can lift us up and give us hope. The Good News we hear from John's gospel is that Jesus Christ has come into the world as the Light of the world and that light shines for all to see. ...

Mary Pate of McCook, Nebraska, watched this baby robin the morning of June 9, reporting, "This little robin was out on the nest but not yet able to fly. He spent the entire morning hiding among the flowers, but I thought it was very interesting to see him camouflage himself by blending into the trunk of a maple tree. ...

These baby king birds, first introduced to the readers of the McCook Gazette on July 10 (Feed me!), are ready to fly. In fact, John Clapper, one of the Gazette's pressmen, got this shot Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, the nestlings were gone. ...

Edman Foster March 11, 1938 - July 21, 2013 BARTLEY, Nebraska -- Edman G. Foster of Bartley passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013, at McCook Community Hospital. He was 75 years old. Edman was born on March 11, 1938, in Holyoke, Colorado, to Guy Edman and Rosa Pauline (Beason) Foster. He attended school in Bartley...